The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.

Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.

The crowd
said to Jesus, "What sign can you do,
that we may see and believe in you? What can
you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert,
as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.´" So Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen,
I say to you, it was not Moses who gave
the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the
true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is
that which comes down from heaven and gives life
to the world." So they said to him, "Sir,
give us this bread always." Jesus said to them,
"I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me
will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will
never thirst."

Introductory Prayer: Lord, I believe that you
are present here and now as I turn to
you in prayer. I trust and have confidence in your
desire to give me every grace I need to
receive today. Thank you for your love, thank you
for your immense generosity toward me. I give you my
life and my love in return.

Petition: Lord, increase
my faith in you and in your Eucharistic presence.

1.
God Sets the Table: For the Israelites in the
time of Exodus, the manna from heaven was a saving
gift. It descended daily from heaven so that they
would not starve on the journey, but be sustained
and strengthened to be able to reach the Promised Land.
The passage through the desert was arduous and long,
but every morning there was enough manna to collect
and sustain them well for that day. The true bread
from heaven that the Father gives us—Christ in the
Eucharist—does just the same for our souls: It nourishes us
that we might not starve here, where spiritual food
is scarce. It sustains and strengthens us, so we
will be able to reach our eternal promised land.

2.
In the Church we are Truly Fed: Those with
no hunger need no bread, so they do not ask
for it. Those who are hungry make or buy
the bread they need. However, every man hungers in his
soul for a bread that he cannot produce on
his own and that no one can make for him.
His only recourse to receive this sustenance is humbly
to ask the only one capable of giving it;
he must come before the Lord with open hands and
an open heart. “Sir, give us this bread always.”
It is a bread both from eternity and for
eternity. It satisfies our deepest hunger. But the “bread from
heaven” is no bread made by human hands. Christ
can give himself only to those who recognize their
need for him and who ask, “Lord, give us this
bread always.”

3. Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: Could anyone have dreamt
that God would descend among us as a man?
Could anyone have imagined that he would descend further still
to be our bread? Is there anything left that
he would not do for us? To receive this
unimaginable gift of his bread requires two things: “Whoever comes
to me…” and “Whoever believes in me….” Coming to
Christ requires moving—getting up from where we are, going
to where he is, letting go of whatever our hands
clench, and turning our palms up to be filled
with his gifts. To believe in Christ is to
place our faith and confidence in him. It is to
take him at his word and to accept in
awe the truth of his real presence in the Eucharist.

Conversation with Christ: Lord, your real presence in
the Eucharist is something I need to believe more
with my heart. I do believe that with your
bread I will never hunger and that with faith in
you I will never thirst. Help me to grow
in faith in your Real Presence. I know you will
lead me to love you more through this precious
gift of yourself.

Resolution: I will stop by
a Catholic church to spend a few moments with Christ
in the Eucharist, speaking with him, asking for a
stronger faith in him.

The daily meditation is a service of Regnum Christi that offers people a Gospel reflection through e-mail. You can view the weekly meditation on this link or listen the podcast version here.